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2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai prize money payouts for each LPGA player at Qizhong Garden Golf Club

Ruoning Yin earned $315,000 for her fourth LPGA win.

Talk about a special homecoming for Ruoning Yin.

She captured the fourth LPGA victory of her career, and second this season, with a win Sunday in her hometown Buick LPGA Shanghai in China. Yin ran away from the field at Qizhong Garden Golf Club, winning by six shots.

Yin finished at 25 under for the week, while Sei Young Kim and Mao Saigo tied for second at 19 under.

For the win, Yin earned $315,000. She has earned $1,914,945 this season and $5,064,762 in her LPGA career, and she just turned 22 last month.

Here’s a look at the prize money payouts for each player at the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai from a purse of $2.1 million.

Prize money payouts for 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Ruoning Yin -25 $315,000
T2 Sei Young Kim -19 $166,508
T2 Mao Saigo -19 $166,508
4 Yealimi Noh -18 $108,310
T5 Hye-Jin Choi -16 $79,252
T5 Jeeno Thitikul -16 $79,252
7 Angel Yin -15 $59,703
8 Minjee Lee -14 $52,307
T9 Arpichaya Yubol -13 $43,148
T9 Celine Boutier -13 $43,148
T9 Nasa Hataoka -13 $43,148
T12 Auston Kim -12 $33,708
T12 Ruixin Liu -12 $33,708
T12 Yu Liu -12 $33,708
T12 Lucy Li -12 $33,708
16 Patty Tavatanakit -11 $28,953
T17 Jin Hee Im -10 $25,783
T17 Anna Nordqvist -10 $25,783
T17 Gaby Lopez -10 $25,783
T17 Haruka Morita -10 $25,783
T21 A Lim Kim -9 $22,614
T21 Chanettee Wannasaen -9 $22,614
T21 Paula Reto -9 $22,614
T24 Peiyun Chien -8 $20,553
T24 Alexa Pano -8 $20,553
T26 Weiwei Zhang -7 $17,647
T26 Caroline Inglis -7 $17,647
T26 Muni He -7 $17,647
T26 Leona Maguire -7 $17,647
T26 Pajaree Anannarukarn -7 $17,647
T26 Yanhong Pan -7 $17,647
T32 Nicole Broch Estrup -6 $14,397
T32 Shuying Li -6 $14,397
T32 Xiaowen Yin -6 $14,397
T32 Nataliya Guseva -6 $14,397
T36 Yu Jin Sung -5 $11,962
T36 Moriya Jutanugarn -5 $11,962
T36 Bailey Tardy -5 $11,962
T36 Kristen Gillman -5 $11,962
T36 Xiyu Lin -5 $11,962
T41 Emily Kristine Pedersen -4 $9,563
T41 Celine Borge -4 $9,563
T41 Yan Liu -4 $9,563
T41 Wei-Ling Hsu -4 $9,563
T41 Esther Henseleit -4 $9,563
T41 Rose Zhang -4 $9,563
T47 Danielle Kang -3 $7,608
T47 Hannah Green -3 $7,608
T47 Liqi Zeng -3 $7,608
T47 Miranda Wang -3 $7,608
T47 Mary Liu -3 $7,608
T47 So Mi Lee -3 $7,608
T53 Jasmine Suwannapura -2 $6,657
T53 Hira Naveed -2 $6,657
T55 Savannah Grewal -1 $6,234
T55 Aditi Ashok -1 $6,234
T57 Mi Hyang Lee E $5,812
T57 Minami Katsu E $5,812
T59 Morgane Metraux 1 $5,257
T59 Hinako Shibuno 1 $5,257
T59 Albane Valenzuela 1 $5,257
T59 Lauren Hartlage 1 $5,257
T63 Wichanee Meechai 2 $4,914
T63 Menghan Li (a) 2 —
T63 Ssu-Chia Cheng 2 $4,914
T66 Michelle Zhang 3 $4,596
T66 Yuai Ji 3 $4,596
T66 Jiwon Jeon 3 $4,596
T66 Ashleigh Buhai 3 $4,596
T70 Ariya Jutanugarn 4 $4,280
T70 Alison Lee 4 $4,280
T72 Yuna Nishimura 5 $4,175
T72 Alice Zhao (a) 5 —
74 Jinghan Cui (a) 6 —
75 Yijia Ren (a) 7 —
76 Mone Inami 8 $4,120
77 Frida Kinhult 9 $4,068
78 Shiyuan Zhou (a) 10 —
79 Zi Ge Wang (a) 16 —
80 Runzhi Pang 17 $4,015
81 Zixuan Wang 18 $3,967

 

Ruoning Yin captures hometown Buick LPGA Shanghai behind stellar weekend performance

“Just all the crowds, all the fans, all my family, words can’t express my feelings right now.”

Ruoning Yin said she gets goosebumps just thinking about the crowd support this week at the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai. Perhaps she gave the crowd some goosebumps herself with an incredible closing performance.

Yin, the 22-year-old from Shanghai, China, captured her hometown event at Qizhong Garden Golf Club on Sunday, shooting rounds of 63-64 on the weekend to win by six shots at 25 under. It’s the fourth LPGA victory for Yin, who earned $315,000 with the win.

“Pretty amazing and just, like I said, able to win at home in front of all the family and friends, it’s just amazing,” Yin said. “It’s phenomenal to be able to do that. It’s a pleasant week.”

After the opening round, Yin was eight shots behind leader Sei Young Kim. Slowly but surely, Yin began to chip into the lead.

After the second round, she trailed by four. Heading into the final round, she was one shot behind. Then on Sunday, she dominated to earn her second win of 2024.

“I think I’m just really happy that I put on a show and that everybody enjoys it,” Yin said.

After the opening round, Yin said she had a conversation with her coach, who was in Los Angeles, to fix some issues she was having off the tee. She knew she needed to find the fairway to have success, and after the opening round, she did just that, allowing her stellar iron game to take over.

Kim and Mao Saigo tied for second at 19 under. Yealimi Noh was fourth at 18 under.

Near the end of her press conference, Yin was asked how this compared to winning a major, which she did last year at the KPMG Women’s PGA.

“I love to win major(s), and I just love to win at home as well,” she said. “Just all the crowds, all the fans, all my family, words can’t express my feelings right now.”

Mao Saigo holds one-shot lead over Ruoning Yin with 18 holes to play at 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai

Saigo has shot rounds of 68-65-65.

The LPGA’s Asia Swing began this week in China at the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai, and through 54 holes Mao Saigo holds a one-shot lead over Ruoning Yin heading into Sunday’s final round.

After opening with a 4-under 68 on Thursday, Saigo has posted consecutive rounds of 65 to vault to the top of the leaderboard.

She made the turn with a 2-under 34 on Saturday before doing some serious damage on the back nine. From Nos. 12-17, Saigo made three birdies (Nos. 12, 13 and 15) and an eagle (par-5 17th).

Yin, on the other hand, started slowly with a 2-under 70 on Thursday. However, she’s since shot rounds of 66-63 to earn solo second with 18 holes to play. Her 9-under effort on Saturday included seven birdies and an eagle.

Sei Young Kim is solo third at 15 under, three back. Yealimi Noh is alone in fourth at 13 under, five back, while a large group that includes Minjee Lee is tied for fifth at 11 under, seven back.

Sei Young Kim continues to lead 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai, while Minjee Lee lurks just two back

Kim has 12 career LPGA wins and is coming off a third-place finish.

Sei Young Kim followed up her opening-round 10-under 62 with a 2-under 70 on Friday and leads the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai through 36 holes as the tournament heads on to Moving Day.

Kim made three birdies and a bogey around Qizhong Garden Golf Club on Friday and will take a one-stroke advantage over Mao Saigo and Lucy Li into the weekend. The 31-year-old has 12 career LPGA wins and is coming off a third-place finish at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Minjee Lee is alone in fourth at 10 under, two shots back, while Nasa Hataoka and Celine Boutier are part of a large group at 8 under, T-6.

“I think my game has just been improving little by little throughout the whole year,” Lee said. “I played one week in my sponsor’s event couple weeks ago and I just had a good result there, so just trying to ride the momentum. I also enjoy playing this golf course as well.”

Third-round TV coverage begins at 11 p.m. ET Friday on Golf Channel.

Sei Young Kim goes low with a 62 to lead 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai

It’s been three years and 11 months since Kim last won. Maybe this is the week she ends the drought.

It’s been three years and 11 months since Sei Young Kim last hoisted a trophy. Maybe this is the week she ends the drought.

Kim shot a 10-under 62 Thursday at the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai a round that included a front-nine 28. Kim started on the 10th hole and birdied her first five holes. After back-to-back pars, she eagled the 17th and birdied the 18th to get to 8 under through nine holes.

She cooled off on her second nine, parring five straight holes before her lone bogey on the sixth, but she then birdied her final three holes to get to 10 under and lead by two over Celine Boutier.

“After turn the nine hole I’m kind of, ‘Oh, I shoot 8 under.’ I never play like that, so I was a little bit of nervous,” Kim said about what she was thinking when she realized how well she was playing. “I don’t know. Then I try to calm down but after that my body reaction a little bit like tight, and then after couple holes I keep par and after bogey one hole, and I realize, okay, I just keep going what I did is front nine, and I able to knock three birdies and strong finish.”

Kim hit 11 of 14 fairways a nd 16 of 18 greens. She needed just 25 putts Thursday.

Lucy Li is solo third at 7 under. Leona Maguire is among those in a four-way tie for fourth at 6 under.

Kim has 12 LPGA victories but none since she won twice in 2020 including the Pelican Women’s Championship in November of that year. She is coming off her best finish of 2024 – a solo third – at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship two weeks ago.

The Buick LPGA Shanghai is the first of four straight events in Asia for the LPGA.

2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai prize money payouts for each player in China

It pays to play well on the LPGA.

It pays to play well on the LPGA, just ask Angel Yin.

The 25-year-old took down her United States Solheim Cup teammate and world No. 1 Lilia Vu in a playoff to win the 2023 Buick LPGA Shanghai in the event’s first return to China after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The win is the first of Yin’s career in 159 LPGA starts.

The American teammates previously squared off in a playoff earlier this season at the 2023 Chevron Championship, where Vu came out on top. Yin will take home the top prize of $315,000, with the runner-up Vu earning $192,550 as a consolation.

Check out the prize money payouts for each professional player at the 2023 Buick LPGA Shangai (Note: amateurs cannot make money at professional events).

Prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Angel Yin -14 $315,000
2 Lilia Vu -14 $192,550
T3 Hye-Jin Choi -13 $93,086
T3 Esther Henseleit -13 $93,086
T3 Yu Liu -13 $93,086
T3 Ariya Jutanugarn -13 $93,086
T3 Pavarisa Yoktuan -13 $93,086
T8 Madelene Sagstrom -12 $43,644
T8 Stephanie Meadow -12 $43,644
T8 Karis Davidson -12 $43,644
T8 Yuna Nishimura -12 $43,644
T8 Maja Stark -12 $43,644
T13 Frida Kinhult -11 $32,539
T13 Minjee Lee -11 $32,539
T13 Mi Hyang Lee -11 $32,539
16 Wichanee Meechai -10 $28,885
T17 Yuting Shi -9 $25,723
T17 Moriya Jutanugarn -9 $25,723
T17 A Lim Kim -9 $25,723
T17 Danielle Kang -9 $25,723
T21 Arpichaya Yubol -8 $21,738
T21 Hae Ran Ryu -8 $21,738
T21 Jasmine Suwannapura -8 $21,738
T21 Xiyu Lin -8 $21,738
T21 Lauren Coughlin -8 $21,738
T26 Carlota Ciganda -7 $17,942
T26 Matilda Castren -7 $17,942
T26 Maddie Szeryk -7 $17,942
T26 Bailey Tardy -7 $17,942
T26 Rose Zhang -7 $17,942
T31 Yan Liu -6 $14,674
T31 Mina Harigae -6 $14,674
T31 Alison Lee -6 $14,674
T31 Azahara Munoz -6 $14,674
T31 Peiyun Chien -6 $14,674
T36 Grace Kim -5 $11,933
T36 Celine Borge -5 $11,933
T36 Patty Tavatanakit -5 $11,933
T36 Anna Nordqvist -5 $11,933
T36 Lindy Duncan -5 $11,933
T41 Olivia Cowan -4 $9,367
T41 Hinako Shibuno -4 $9,367
T41 Maria Fassi -4 $9,367
T41 Ruoning Yin -4 $9,367
T41 Emily Kristine Pedersen -4 $9,367
T41 Nasa Hataoka -4 $9,367
T41 Danlin Cai -4 $9,367
T48 Gabriella Then -3 $7,853
T48 Jaravee Boonchant -3 $7,853
T50 Lauren Hartlage -2 $7,063
T50 Xiaowen Yin -2 $7,063
T50 Lydia Ko -2 $7,063
T50 Chanettee Wannasaen -2 $7,063
T50 Zixuan Wang (a) -2 $0
T55 Lucy Li -1 $6,325
T55 Weiwei Zhang -1 $6,325
T55 Kelly Tan -1 $6,325
T58 Pajaree Anannarukarn 1 $5,588
T58 Morgane Metraux 1 $5,588
T58 Perrine Delacour 1 $5,588
T58 Xizihan Wang (a) 1 $0
T58 Dani Holmqvist 1 $5,588
63 Minami Katsu 2 $5,166
T64 Zixin Ni (a) 3 $0
T64 Shuying Li 3 $4,955
T64 Muni He 3 $4,955
T64 Gina Kim 3 $4,955
T68 Paula Reto 4 $4,586
T68 Linnea Strom 4 $4,586
T68 Andrea Lee 4 $4,586
T68 Ruixin Liu 4 $4,586
T72 Xiang Sui 6 $4,270
T72 Yuli Shi 6 $4,270
T74 Emma Talley 7 $4,138
T74 Yuai Ji 7 $4,138
76 Miranda Wang 8 $4,058
77 Yanhong Pan 10 $4,006
78 Yujie Liu (a) 14 $0
79 Wenbo Liu 16 $3,958
80 Amy Wu (a) 17 $0

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Angel Yin defeats No. 1 Lilia Vu in Shanghai playoff for first LPGA victory in 159 starts

Yin let her personality shine through in her first LPGA victory.

While in China for the Buick LPGA Masters, Angel Yin took in some tennis. During a semifinal match of the Shanghai Masters, Yin noticed how seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev “expressed himself very well on the court.”

“It wasn’t like he was just completely emotionless,” said Yin, who found herself flatlining on the golf course.

After making bogey on the sixth hole Sunday in Shanghai, Yin gave herself a pep talk walking up the next fairway.

“I was pretty emotional during Solheim,” she said, “and I did pretty good.”

The self-talk paid off as an engaged Yin took down World No. 1 Lilia Vu in a playoff for her first LPGA victory in 159 career starts at the Buick LPGA Shanghai. The two Solheim Cup teammates squared off earlier this season in a playoff at the Chevron Championship, where Vu came out on top. It’s Yin’s first professional victory since the 2017 Omega Dubai Ladies Classic on the Ladies European Tour. She went 2-1-0 in her third appearance for the U.S. Solheim Cup Team this past September.

“Today was just Angel’s day,” said Vu. “I’m happy for her.”

Yin closed with a 70 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club while Vu shot 68. The pair were knotted at 14 under 274 for the tournament, one shot ahead of five players.

The 25-year-old Yin made birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Vu, her Solheim Cup teammate, and a three-time winner this season. Yin becomes the 12th first-time winner on the LPGA this season, a new record for the tour. She earned $315,000 for her efforts.

Angel Yin of the United States and her caddie react on the 18th green during the final round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai at Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club on October 15, 2023 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)

Throughout the round Yin, the overnight leader, kept reminding herself that it’s not easy to win on the LPGA. She also worked hard to let her personality shine through inside the ropes.

“It’s funny because we’ve been talking about this a lot for the past few years,” said Yin. “I’ve been speaking to (former Solheim captain) Juli Inkster about it. I don’t really feel much emotion on the golf course. She was like, ‘No, that’s not good. I want you to get mad again.’

“I got a lot of emotions and I think started doing again and I started playing well. That helped me a lot, to be able to be expressive and not just flat-lining on the golf course. Growing up everyone taught me to be stone-faced, no emotions, poker face. I don’t think that fits me. What’s fitting me right now is what I’m doing to express myself.”

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Maja Stark co-leads in Shanghai, says ‘pressure doesn’t exist’ now on LPGA compared to Solheim

Danielle Kang, winner of the event in 2018 and 2019, shot 4 under.

Maja Stark teed off for the first time since the Solheim Cup in Shanghai and couldn’t believe the difference in not only her confidence, but how it felt inside the ropes at a regular LPGA stop.

“When you’re out here, you are usually alone,” said Stark. “Maybe a few people rooting for you. Yeah, feels so nice being able to hit good shots with that pressure. Now pressure doesn’t exist anymore, feels like in normal tournaments.”

Stark opened with a 6-under 66 at the Buick LPGA Shanghai at Qizhong Garden Golf Club to take a share of the early lead with Wichanee Meechai of Thailand.

The LPGA returned to China this week for the first time since 2019 due to ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Danielle Kang, winner of the event in 2018 and 2019, shot 4 under.

“My caddie, Brian, really helped me stay in the moment,” said Kang. “He’s like, it’s only Thursday. Stop looking at the leaderboard. We’re going to end up where you need to end up.”

Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Team Europe walk off the sixth green during Day Two of The Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesin Golf Club on September 23, 2023 in Casares, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

The 23-year-old Stark posted a 2-1-1 record in her Solheim Cup debut in Spain, where Europe retained the cup in dramatic fashion. Stark partnerd with close friend Linn Grant in foursomes and notched a crucial singles victory over U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz.

“Being able to hit those putts with so much pressure, it just makes you feel like this is the easiest thing ever,” said Stark of being back at a regular event. “Because we don’t have thousands of people watch and a whole continent rooting for you, which is also weird.”

Stark noted that the time away from competition gave her an opportunity to refocus and really process what she’d done throughout the year and at Solheim, where she felt like a much different player.

“I moved on from stuff more quickly,” she said. “I managed to figure stuff out during the round sometimes.

“It felt like every putt was so important, so I just tried to keep that going and keep that out here and just actually think about what it’s for and not just, oh, this is for birdie. No, this is actually – this could be the winning putt.”

LPGA returns to China, where Danielle Kang is a two-time winner, after three-year hiatus

LPGA begins its four-week Asian swing in China for the first time since 2019.

The LPGA returns to China this week for the first time since 2019 for the third edition of the Buick LPGA Shanghai. Danielle Kang, winner of the event in 2018 and 2019, returns to Qizhong Garden Golf Club to try for a Shanghai trifecta.

The event had been canceled the past three seasons due to ongoing COVID-19-related restrictions.

The field in Shanghai consists of 62 LPGA players, 15 players from the China Golf Association and four sponsor invites competing for a $2.1 million purse in the 72-hole, no-cut event. Four players inside the top 10 of the Rolex Rankings are in the field.

Some on the LPGA have raised concerns in the past about the tour continuing to compete in China. Amy Olson told Golfweek two years ago that she didn’t feel it was safe there for players. Olson said too many have turned a blind eye to the mass imprisonment and persecution of the Uyghurs by the Chinese government in the Xinjiang province. What’s more, Olson continued, Chinese officials weren’t transparent with what was happening in their hospitals and within their borders during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As an organization that stands up for women’s rights and has fought day in and day out for those rights,’’ said Olson, who is currently on maternity leave, “what China has done flies directly in the face of everything we stand for.”

Like Olson, Angela Stanford has made a personal commitment not to compete in China or Saudi Arabia due to human rights concerns.

Shanghai is the first of four events on the LPGA’s Asia swing, with the tour heading to South Korea next for the BMW Ladies Championship, followed by a return to Malaysia for the Maybank Championship and a final stop in Japan for the Toto Japan Classic.

Here’s a closer look at the field:

LPGA event in Shanghai canceled for third year due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions

Danielle Kang won the last Buick LPGA Shanghai event held in 2019.

The LPGA’s fall Asian swing will be one tournament short as the LPGA has confirmed that the 2022 Buick LPGA Shanghai has been canceled due to ongoing COVID-19-related restrictions.

Danielle Kang won the last Buick LPGA Shanghai event held in 2019.

“We thank SAIC-GM Buick, the China Golf Association, the CLPGA and IMG for all their efforts,” the tour released in a statement, “and hope to compete in front of our fans at Qizhong Garden Golf Club in the future.”

The tour’s fall Asian swing will begin in late October with the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea at a course that has yet to be announced. It will continue on to Taiwan and Japan before returning to Florida for the last two events.

The LPGA is currently in the midst of a two-week break following the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, won by In Gee Chun. The next event, the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, will be held July 13-16 in Midland, Michigan.

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